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Appendix A 89

Sample Conﬁguration File

A Sample Conﬁguration File

The HP-UX cold-install process is driven by information stored in

conﬁguration ﬁles. There are three primary locations where a network

cold-install can ﬁnd conﬁguration ﬁle information on the server:

1. In the area accessed by the instl_adm(1M) tool. This information is

immediately available to clients when they boot. The data stored in

this location is limited to 8 KB.

2. In the ﬁle /usr/lib/sw/hpux.install/config.local. This

information is available after the client enables networking. It does

not have a ﬁxed size limit.

3. The ﬁle /usr/lib/sw/hpux.install/config is where the default

conﬁguration information that comes with HP-UX is stored.

Please see the instl_adm(1M) and instl_adm(4) manual pages for more

details.

The following set of examples may be useful when saved to a ﬁle, and

then installed using the instl_adm -f ﬁle command:

# Set the default netmask and gateway for all clients

# (can also be set using instl_adm with -m & -g options)

netmask = "255.255.248.0"

gateway = "15.1.48.1"

# Set the default install/tftp server:

server = "15.1.54.114"

# Set the default hostname, IP address and disk to use as the

# root disk for the system matching the lan-link address shown:

LLA_ADDR == "08000941C3BD" {

system_name = "swig"

ip_addr = "15.1.54.104"

best = disk[52.2.0]

}

# Specify the networking information for another system, and also